East Peoria man shot in leg while leaving party

Saturday

May 17, 2014 at 10:30 PM

PEORIA — An East Peoria man was shot in South Peoria early Saturday morning, police said.

Police found the victim at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center with a bullet wound in his lower left leg. The victim did not cooperate with police, but his brother said they and three friends were leaving a party in South Peoria at about 2:30 a.m. They were confronted in front of a residence in the 1900 block of West Proctor Street by a man.

According to the police report, the man asked “What are you?” The victim stated “GD” and was then shot once in the lower leg. The gunman then ran away. The victim, his brother and their friends flagged down a driver that took the victim to St. Francis, where he was released later Saturday.

The victim’s brother described the gunman as a skinny black man with short dreadlocks and about 5 feet 7 inches tall.